[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17882]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mrs. McCASKILL:
       S. 1723. A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 
     to enhance the independence of the Inspectors General, to 
     create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and 
     Efficiency, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and Mr. Reid):
       S. 1724. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain 
     Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Nevada to the 
     Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. HARKIN:
       S. 1725. A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and 
     title 5, United States Code, to improve the protection of 
     pension benefits, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 1726. A bill to regulate certain State taxation of 
     interstate commerce, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Ms. COLLINS (for herself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Chambliss, 
             Ms. Snowe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
             Coleman, and Mr. Voinovich):
       S. 1727. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide for a credit against income tax for certain 
     educator expenses, and for other purposes; to the Committee 
     on Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA:
       S. 1728. A bill to amend the National Parks and Recreation 
     Act of 1978 to reauthorize the Na Hoa Pili O Kaloko-Honokohau 
     Advisory Commission; to the Committee on Energy and Natural 
     Resources.
           By Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. Cochran):
       S. 1729. A bill to amend titles 18 and 28 of the United 
     States Code to provide incentives for the prompt payments of 
     debts owed to the United States and the victims of crime by 
     imposing surcharges on unpaid judgments owed to the United 
     States and to the victims of crime, to provide for offsets on 
     amounts collected by the Department of Justice for Federal 
     agencies, to increase the amount of special assessments 
     imposed upon convicted persons, to establish an Enhanced 
     Financial Recovery Fund to enhance, supplement, and improve 
     the debt collection activities of the Department of Justice, 
     to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide to assistant 
     United States attorneys the same retirement benefits as are 
     afforded to Federal law enforcement officers, and for 
     authorized purposes; to the Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Conrad, Ms. Stabenow, 
             Ms. Snowe, and Ms. Collins):
       S. 1730. A bill to amend part A of title IV of the Social 
     Security Act, to reward States for engaging individuals with 
     disabilities in work activities, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Voinovich, and Mr. 
             Chambliss):
       S. 1731. A bill to provide for the continuing review of 
     unauthorized Federal programs and agencies and to establish a 
     bipartisan commission for the purposes of improving oversight 
     and eliminating wasteful Government spending; to the 
     Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. ALLARD (for himself and Mr. Salazar):
       S. 1732. A bill to designate the facility of the United 
     States Postal Service located at 301 Boardwalk Drive in Fort 
     Collins, Colorado, as the ``Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office 
     Building''; to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Stabenow, 
             and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1733. A bill to authorize funds to prevent housing 
     discrimination through the use of nationwide testing, to 
     increase funds for the Fair Housing Initiatives Program, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Lautenberg, and Mr. 
             Kerry):
       S. 1734. A bill to provide for prostate cancer imaging 
     research and education; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. SCHUMER:
       S. 1735. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
     improve dispute resolution provisions related to the Federal 
     Aviation Administration personnel management system; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. DODD:
       S. 1736. A bill to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to provide that the eligibility requirement for 
     disability insurance benefits under which an individual must 
     have 20 quarters of Social Security coverage in the 40 
     quarters preceding a disability shall not be applicable in 
     the case of a disabled individual suffering from a covered 
     terminal disease; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. SESSIONS:
       S. 1737. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide for a waiver of the 35-mile drive requirement 
     for designations of critical access hospitals; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mrs. Boxer):
       S. 1738. A bill to establish a Special Counsel for Child 
     Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of 
     the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes 
     Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for 
     regional computer forensic labs, and to make other 
     improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement 
     agencies to investigate and prosecute predators; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mr. Brown):
       S. 1739. A bill to amend section 35 of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986 to improve the health coverage tax credit, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 1740. A bill to amend the Act of February 22, 1889, and 
     the Act of July 2, 1862, to provide for the management of 
     public land trust funds in the State of North Dakota; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself and Mr. Allard):
       S. 1741. A bill to modernize the manufactured housing loan 
     insurance program under title I of the National Housing Act; 
     to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. THUNE:
       S. 1742. A bill to prevent the Federal Communications 
     Commission from repromulgating the fairness doctrine; to the 
     Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. HATCH (for himself, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Specter, and 
             Mr. Crapo):
       S. 1743. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to repeal the dollar limitation on contributions to funeral 
     trusts; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Ms. Snowe):
       S. 1744. A bill to prohibit the application of certain 
     restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign 
     nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision 
     of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

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